Dispenser for liquid soap and the like.



E. E. BUSSEY.

DISPENSER FOE LIQUID SOAP AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31,1914'.

HF? NORRIS PETERS COH PHOTO-LITHOY, WASHINGTON. D. C.

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EVERETT E. BUSSEY, 0F MALDEN, MASSAGHUSiETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ALEXANDER P.BROWNE, TRUSTEE, 0F CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPENSER FOR LIQUID SOAP AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed January 31, 191.4. Serial No. 815,661.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT E. Bussnr, acitizen of the United States,and a resident of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dispensersfor Liquid Soap and the like, of which the following is a specification.

ll ly invention relates to dispensers for liquid-soap and the like, andmore especially to devices of this character in which a small measuredcharge of liquid is delivered by the manual operation of a valve locatedat the lower portion of the container.

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify the constructionof dispensers for liquids in the manner hereinafter set forth.

One embodiment of my invention is shown in the drawings which accompanyand form a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a verticalcentral section of a dispenser for liquids embodying my invention, andFig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing an elevation of the lower part ofthe device.

In the particular drawings selected for more fully disclosing theprinciple of my invention, 1 represents a reservoir or container whichmay be of glass, metal, or other suitable material, and which isprovided with a threaded cap 2 and a tubular neck terminating in adelivery chamber 3. In the present instance I have shown said neck asseparate from the reservoir, but it will be understood of course that itmay be formed integral therewith, especially where the reservoir is madeof metal. The neck, as shown, projects through an aperture in the bottomof the reservoir, the flange 4 being in engagement with the outside ofthe reservoir, and a nut 5, between which and the inside of thereservoir is interposed a rubber gasket 6, serving to hold the two partsin engagement. Obviously, however, various other means may be employedfor attaching the neck and discharge chamber to the reservoir. Where thereservoir is of glass and the neck of metal, it is particularlyadvantageous to interpose the gasket 6 between the nut and wall of thereservoir, not only for the purpose of securing a watertight joint, butalso to prevent the cracking of the reservoir which otherwise wouldresult from temperature changes. The delivery chamber is closed by aball valve 7, which normally rests upon the spherical valve seat 8 withwhich the discharge end of the chamber is provided, the lower portion ofsaid ball valve protruding from its seat.

For the purpose of insuring the delivery of small measured charges ofliquid, I pro vide a stop 9 to limit the upward movement of the ballvalve. In the present instance the stop consists of a tube threaded tothe interior wall of the neck and provided at its lower end whichprojects down into the delivery chamber with a spherical valve-seat 10,adapted to be closed by the ball 7 when the latter is forced up againstthe same. The upper end of the stop may be slotted as shown at 9 toreceive a screw-driver or other instrument for adjusting the position ofthe same.

It will be obvious that the chamber 3 is normally filled with the liquidto be dispensed and that when the ball is pushed upwardly by the palm ofthe hand, thereby shutting off communication between the reservoir andchamber, the liquid contained in the chamber will be discharged until itis completely emptied or until the pressure is removed and the valveresumes its normal position, whereupon another charge flows into thechamber. While the ball is being held by the hand of the operatoragainst the spherical valve seat 10 of the tubular stop 9 it may berolled around by the horizontal movementof the hand to insure moreuniform diffusion of the liquid soap over the surface of the palm. Thelength of time required for the discharge of the liquid in the deliverychamber as well as the capacity of said chamber depends of course uponthe position of the stop, the greater the upward movement of the valve,the shorter the time required for such discharge, and the greater thedistance between the valve seat 10 and the valve, the larger thecapacity of the chamber.

To support the device, I may use as shown, a bracket 11 provided with awallplate 12 at one end, and the two-part clamp 13, 14: at the other,said clamp embracing the neck between the flanges 4 and 15, and theparts thereof being united by the screw 16 threaded into the lugs 17,18, or in any other suitable manner.

said chamber and" "projecting down into the same, said stop member beingprovided at e its lower end with a valve seat adapted to be closed bysaid ball valve and thereby shut of? communication between saidreservoir and chamber, and said? ball valve being freely rotatable inall directions about said valve seats.

2.. A dispensing; can for liquid-soap and the like, comprising-areservoir, a delivery chamber communicating" therewith, a ball valvenormally resting on a valve seat to close the lower end of said chamberand having its lower portion protruding from saidvalve seat, and avtubular stop member threaded to the interior wall of saidchamher andprojecting down into the same, said stop member being provided at. itslower end with a valve-seat adapted to be closed Copies of this patentmay,' be obtained for by said ball valve and thereby shut offcommunication between said reservoir and chamber, and said ball valvebeing freely rotatable in all directions about said valve seats.

3. A dispensing can for liquid-soap and the like, comprising areservoir, a delivery chamber attached to and communicating with thelower end of said reservoir, a ball valve normally resting on aspherical valve seat to close the lower end of said chamber and havingits lower portion protruding from said valve seat, andmeans for limitingthe upward movement of said ball valve, said means comprising a tubularstop member adjustably secured to the interior wall of said deliverychamber and projecting down into the same, its lower end being providedwith a spherical valve seat adapted to be closed by the upward movementof: said ball valve and thereby shut oil communication between saidreservoir and chamber, and said ball valve being freely rotatable in alldirections about said valve seats.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30th dayof January, 1914.

EVERETT l BUSSEY.

\V'itnesses ELLEN B. TOMLINSON, Gno. K. Woonwoirrrr;

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